Combination manger and feed box



Nov. 11 ,1924. 1,515,451

G. H. WARD 1 COMBINATION-MANGER AND FEED Box Filed Dec. '7,11922 @HM/P1 Patented Nov. l1, i924.

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COMBINATION MANGER AND FEED BOX.

Application filed` December?, 1922. Serial No.,05,420.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GARRET H. 1WARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Til# lamook, in the county of Tillamook and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Mangers and Feed Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suoli as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. f

This invention relates to a combination manger and feed box. f f.

It is aimed to providefa feed box which may function as usual as in feeding lgrain to cows, horses or other animals, which is disposable, when not functioning as usual, so that it will not catch refuse or undesir able matter contained in hay and the like, and inthe latter position will constitute a wall of a manger. i

Another object is to provide a construction of feed box, preferably pivoted, so as to be swung into a feeding position and out of a feeding position so that in its latter Aposition it will serve as a wall of a manger, preferably in combination with plates on the box, to bridge the spaces between the box and side walls lof the manger.

A third object is to provide a construction in which a pivoted feed box has a rest or support adapted to automatically fold against the box in the normal position lof the latter and to automatically Vunfold and position itself in the second position of the box.

Still another object is to provide the'box with a bottom extended beyond its rear inclined wall to directly engage a support beyond such wall and to better confine mate rial in the manger.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating one practical embodiment.

In said drawings Figure l is a side elevation of the invention in connection with the stanchion of a cow stall showing the feed box in position forming a wall of the manger in dotted lines and in a feeding position in full lines;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the stall, illustrating the feed box in a feeding position;

Figure 3 is a rear elevation;

Figure 4 is a cross section on line 4-4 Figure. 2, and Figure 5 is a cross section Figure 1.

Like reference characters designate like or similar parts in the different views.

In reducing the invention to practice, 'one or more feed boxes 10 are utilized which may be of any suitable size, material, shape or construction. The front wall 11 extends below the bottom wall 12 of the feed box and hinges 13 of any suitable design are secured to cleats 14 fastened towall 11 which are also secured to a base bar 15, it being understood that the pintles of the hinges 13 are horizontal so that the feed box 10 may be swung in a vertical plane.

The bottom wall' 12 extendsfrearwardly Ibeyond a rear inclined wall 16 as at 17 and sides or plates 18 are secured to wall 12 and terminate short of the rear edge of wall 12 as the latter wall at times is adapted to be supported on a rear support or bar 19 ory the equivalent. v,

A prop or support 20 is'hinged at 21 to the front of wall 11 and'when'the box 10 is elevated automatically swings or folds against it, in Figure-4 and when the box is lowered automatically swings outwardly and positions itself as in the dotted line position of Figure 1. A reinforcing cleat 22 is fastened to walls 12 and 14.

lIn order that the function and operation of my improvements may be understood, the same have been shown in connection with a stanchion 23, which for example may be a cow stanchion disposed in a stall as usual but it is to be understood that a limitation in this connection is not to be implied.

It will be seen that the feed box 10 may assume a position with the bottom 12 at 17 resting on the bar or support 19 in order that grain or other feed may be placed in the box for access by the cow or other animal which is positioned on the side of the stanchion 23 opposite to box 10 and whose head passes through the stanchion. The space in front of the stanchion forms a manger to receive hay and the like. As the box 10 only holds a limited quantity of the hay and due to its being imperforate also collects the undesirable matter therefrom if the hay were placed directly therein, box 10 is capable of being swung to another position, as particularly shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, Awhereby the manger on line 5-5 of lll) space is exposed and the bottomL l2 constitutes a front wall therefor, enabling more hav to lbe accommodated and the undesirl able matter to sift through the hay. In this manner, the boxes may be kept clean or free of undesirable matter at all times. Extension 17 enables the material to be retained in the manger 'betterthan by inclined Vwall 16 and the height of the manger to `be increased. In the position of Figure l, plates 18 bridge the space between the feed box andfside walls 24 of the manger.

In feeding animals, the manger may be filled with hay and the box l0 disposed thereover and .filled with grain. The animal, particularly a cow, after eating the grain will by means of the nosel tilt the box l0 from the full line-tothe dotted line position as best shown in Figure l to gain access to the hay.

As mer-ely one practical embodiment has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood'y that changes inthe details may be-resorted tov provided. they fall within the v spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my inventionl. A feeding apparatus consisting of a feed box, mea-ns pivotally mounting said box whereby it may be swung from a feeding position to another position to constitute a wall of a, manger, and mea-ns on the feed box tof bridge the exposed; space between its sides and the sides of the manger in'- the latter position.

2. A feeding apparatus consistingv of a feed"` box. having a side wall depending below the bottom wall in the normal position thereof, means to which said box is pivotedI adjacent the base of said side wall, the end walls of the box projecting beyond the rear wall of the box, said boxk being adapted to swing upon its pivot whereby said. bottom wall will. constitute a wall of the manger, and the extensions of the end walls will bridge the spaces between the 'box and the manger.

3. A feeding apparatus consisting of a feed box, said box having a front inclined wall, said box having a bottom wall extending outwardly beyond said inclined wall, the side wall of the box opposite to said inclined wall extending below the bottom wall, means pivoting the latter side wall below the bottom wall whereby the box may be swung from a feeding position to another position in which the .bottom constitutes the wall of the manger, a support engageable by saidu bottom adjacent its extended. end .portion when in a feeding position, plates carried by the 'box to extend at an angle from the box in the latter position so as to constitue sides of a manger.

4. A feeding apparatus consisting. of a feed box, saidv box having a front inclined wallsaid lbox having, abottom wall extending outwardly beyond, said inclined` wall,

the side wal-l of the box opposite to said inclinedwall extending below the bottom wall', means pivoting the latter side wall below the bottom wall whereby the box may beswung froma feeding position to another position in which the bottom consitutes the wal-l of the manger, a support engageable by said bottom adjacent its extended end portion when@ in a feeding position, and plates extending from the saidv bottom` wall terminating short 0f the ends of said bottom adjacent said inclined wall and adaptedy in the secondY mentioned position of the box to bridge the spaces betweenl its sides and thev sides of theA manger.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa,- turel in presence of two witnesses.

GARRET H. VARD. lVitnesses EDGAR Binnen, H. T; Bor'rs. 

